Layers
The car ride home had been dead silent. Yuri's felt his heart was pounding in his ears, though glad to be alive. The heavy, lingering atmosphere was laden further with storm clouds looming overhead. Loop couldn't stop tearing up on Yuri's shoulder while Victor was stoic and stiff as their chauffeur took them home.
"Ms. Pink, go to your sisters and take tomorrow off too."
"Yes, S-sir. Th-Thank you, sir."
Finally, alone, just the two of them. Yuri did move an inch as he stared at those eyes turned desperate.
Half dragged through the hallways, he and Victor kept going in silence until they had reached the Master quarters. Half pulled into the room, Yuri took several steps backwards, almost stumbling, while Victor shut the door behind him. Frozen in place, both stood still, looking, trying to read the other.
Outside the wide windows the sky grew darker and darker.
Yuri stayed put, only saying what came to mind. "I-I have seen…and heard nothing but evil things about Colbrans, on Alborja moon." Katsuki stared at the ground. "It…It didn't help, I guess, that Yuuko's parents were Unwanted and had drilled their hate. That said…it was h-hard to not be validated when you see your adopted family…killed by those they despised." Yuri rubbed his arms. "S-So…it's been difficult, no thanks to the girls, to wrap my head around this idea its not always the case."
Victor stayed by the door. Simply looking back. Vacant.
Yuri swallowed hard and scratched the back of his head. "Y-You know… just before the party crashers arrived I came to a startling theory…but then, once again you protected Loop and I," Yuri's shoulders fell. "I…just don't know what to think anymore…"
Victor tilted his head. "I'm curious to know what that theory is, but…I feel you have something a bit more pressing to tell me."
Yuri casted his eyes downward. "I -er- I'm not…um…"
"I... Yuri...I want you…" Victor declared quietly.
Yuri's eyes widened, but he said nothing.
Victor heavily sighed. "What? Speak. What is on your mind? Please. I need to know where we stand so, if I need to, I can turn to go…"
Yuri looked back up. 'Was I to forgive him or not…'
"...or stay close?" Yuri finished for him.
"Yes- wait what?"
"Only you know what you have done to me and already know what you have done for me," Yuri began, placing his hands on his chest. "But… if I still hated every bone in your body as I did the day we met…I know I wouldn't have feared losing you today. You who have protected me when your law says you didn't have to."
The thunder outside began to roll.
Victor raised a hand. "Yu-" Only to put it back down.
Yuri took a sharp breath as flashes of stormy light illuminated Victor's pained face.
"I have to tell you," Victor started slowly, "I have never used hypnosis since our first day. I can promise you. I'd have you forget everything just to start over if I didn't care to make amends."
In time, Katsuki realized he had to make a move. It was his call to make. His choice.
Yuri reached out to him with one hand. Victor slowly stepped forward.
"It's all going to hell, isn't it? Leroy may've been unfounded but…"
Rain started to pour.
"I have reason to believe it is, yes. But forget the world for a second…even our hearts if we have to."
Yuri nodded, unable to tear away from those dual eyes that kept pulling him in as always.
A cool touch soon encased those warm hands.
A flash of lightning, the rain fell harder.
In a flurry of which neither account could keep track, most clothes soon littered the floor. The comforter and bed sheets were left untouched as two, warming bodies remained on top.
"phwa!…ha~" When Victor finally pulled back he hovered over Yuri's form on all fours.
Yuri knew his face was flushed, but there was nowhere to hide, instead he could only look and into Victor steady gaze.
Gentle yet firm kisses and touches kept Yuri from uttering a word. When the cool hands stopped moving on his chest, Yuri opened his eyes in time to watch Victor shift to a kneeling position to take off his dress shirt. Yuri just stayed put, transfixed on the admirably strong, lean form in front of him. Right there, Victor had left nothing to the imagination aside from his remaining undergarment hugging about his hips.
Lost in staring, Yuri gasped when Victor took a hold of either side of his waist with a chilly touch.
"Want to get this off too?" Victor replied huskily while sliding his hands under Yuri's open shirt.
Victor slid his hands up and around Yuri's torso to slowly to lift and prompt the human to sit up between his knelt legs. "Damn the laws of attraction…" Victor whispered as he pressed his lips against Yuri's forehead and then his black hair before he brought a hand to take Yuri's chin. "Yuri… I got greedy and I'm still, so, sorry..."
Yuri wrapped his hand around the Colbran's wrist near his face. "I was taken aback by you…but…the want to stay by you has grown strong, against anything I have ever been told. We can't erase what's done but..."
Thunder rolled and the rain fell harder.
Victor nodded and kissed Yuri's shoulder. "Yuri…"
Katsuki felt his chest swell as let himself fall deeper in what neither could deny was there. "C-Can you help me?" He asked as he sought to turn around.
Without a word, Yuri fell towards the pillows as the garment slid off with ease behind him. In just the little they had on left, it was silent, save for the storm, and neither moved for a while.
Victor crawled up, hovering over, and kissed Yuri chastely between the shoulder blades. "I must say I find this refreshing."
Yuri's ears burned slightly as he looked over his shoulder. "Wha-?"
Victor locked eyes on his butler. "It's not like you to be so submissive," he teased, almost preening on his on so-called accomplishment.
'And there it is… prick.'
"Oh shut up," Yuri retorted with a huff, turning fully back around, suddenly tempted to just wriggle away.
Victor suddenly pulled Yuri forward so he was right between the legs.
"Ga~h!"
Victor chuckled and leaned over, soon hovering. "You're not leaving are you? Not over a little tease."
Yuri felt his skin grow hotter and more sensitive once Victor closed the gap, kissing him feverishly. In turn, he dragged his fingers across those broad shoulders.
Victor broke for air.
"Hmm~ your smell…" Yuri hummed with a sigh.
"Yes?"
'You smell of musk and smoke…'
Yuri flashed a smirk. "You smell like crap." He lied.
That earned him a thwack on the thigh.
Yuri jolted, but knew he walked into that one.
"Oh really?" Victor whispered, cocking an eyebrow. "Excuse me saving your life didn't come with deodorant."
Yuri chuckled. "Yeah…and you know what else?"
"Hmm?"
Yuri rested an arm on his forehead. "I really doubt you can surprise me in bed."
Victor flashed a smile. "You're a fucking enabler. You know what your teases do to me, right?"
Yuri shrugged a shoulder and poked a finger on top of Victor's head. "Consensual. Look it up, Bookworm-er…oh~"
A look of realization hit Yuri like a ton of bricks. "When you said 'Eros'…in the library…"
Victor let out a laugh through the nose as he smiled. "I may've called you a brat, but you have that kind of attraction…don't regret it."
"I will in my own way, I'm sure, but at least I have a better idea of what you mean by my spirit."
Victor nodded, looking at him with hungry eyes. "Keep your Eros for me…please."
"As poetic as that sounds? You botched that."
"Fuck off," Victor growled lightly with a smirk.
Yuri grinned back. "Such language."
Their next kiss was hungrier still as their tongues danced, tasting the other.
Yuri tensed up immediately.
Victor froze. "Are you all right?"
Yuri nibbled his lip and wriggled a little on his back. "Sorry I…its just…"
Victor retracted his hand by Yuri's boxers. "Bad memory?"
"Sorry I-"
Victor immediately framed Yuri's face. "Don't be. Never be sorry." He kissed Yuri's forehead. "We're just not there yet."
Katsuki brought up a hand to Victor's face. "That…means a lot."
Victor moved back on his knees to kiss the palm of Yuri's hand and rolled of to lay on his back. "Yuri…come here…" He invited, holding up his right hand.
Yuri, however stayed where he was and raised an eyebrow. "Is that an order?" He fucking couldn't help it.
The Noble huffed at the same time smiled. "You are confusing…"
Yuri put a finger by his mouth and looked as if he were thinking. "…is Master going to be a kink now? Do I call you…fuck, what do I call you now during the day? Oh fuck…what are we after this?"
Nikiforov let his right hand fall back to his side. "Oh. Now you're just being a tease."
Yuri smirked as his eyes flashed. "Payback is a fucking bitch."
Victor rolled back over to hold onto the man. "Yuuu~ri~!" He whined, burying his face on the left side, crook, of Yuri's neck. "What do you wa~nt?!"
Yuri exploded to that uncharacteristic tone. "I've been asking that every, fucking, day! Hahaha!"
Victor pulled back, if nothing, to watch the boy laugh, even if it was at his expense.
The lightning struck, the rain poured, but Yuri's eyes were dancing.
Yuri continued to be in stiches for awhile, it became infectious. Victor couldn't help but chuckle.
Yuri wiped the corners of his eyes. "We're seriously a fucked up pair…"
"Victor."
"Huh?"
Nikiforov leaned forward. "Did you not hear me?" The Noble poked Yuri's side.
"Eep!"
Victor's eyes widened at the unintended, high pitch. "D-Did you just squeal?"
Yuri turned red. "N-No!"
Instantly, he had a Cheshire-like grin. "I think you did…I must inspect this."
"Ah ha, cut it out! Eep!"
"Isn't that what a 'piggy' makes?" Victor continued to poke and see where else was ticklish.
Yuri couldn't stop smiling as he batted hands away. "N-No! Cut it out!" Yuri rolled onto his stomach.
Victor straddled Yuri from behind. "Oh dear, what can I do? Wait, what are you looking fo-"
Victor's throat tightened immediately, stifling a gasp as the same red sash was pulled out.
It was mostly by accident, but Yuri, with his face buried in the pillows, deep down, had a feeling it was there.
"Yuri…isn't this a little soon?" His voice was strained with guilt.
"I…don't know but…It's what you wanted isn't it?" Yuri couldn't turn his head away from the pillows, he was too shy, but kept his resolve. "To see me in red?"
Victor took a sharp breath. "Look at me when you ask." It wasn't an order. "Are you sure?"
A close match blush crept over Yuri's cheeks while he played with the silky fabric between fingers and looked over his shoulder. "Like I said. We're a fucked up pair…"
Victor leaned forward to take the ribbon, watching Yuri closely for any flinch or reason to stop. Once in his hand, Victor looked between Yuri and the sash.
It was his move again. Yuri could sense it. His choice.
With a deep breath, Yuri slowly folded his arms behind him.
"Stop."
Yuri saw Victor toss the sash away.
Yuri lifted his head. "Vict-?"
Victor shook his head, but didn't say anything until he moved to the side and held open his arms. "Come here, beautiful."
Yuri complied, rolling to his side to let Victor draw him into an embrace. "How in the world can you find this brat beautiful?"
There was a pause.
Victor caressed Yuri's side. "Remember when I spoke to you in my native language?"
"Yeah? Bout ripped your head off for that, heh."
Victor pecked Yuri's temple. "Sometimes, though in the rough, you just do. That's why."
Yuri groaned, though his heart swelled in appreciation he couldn't help but tease. "I think I liked it better not knowing the translation…so la~me heheh."
"Heheh, well there's no use pleasing you is there?"
Yuri pouted only to grin back. "No, but I'll take it." He tilted his chin up the best he could to prompt another kiss.
"So… you're a half?" Yuri confirmed in a whisper.
"Hmhmm…by this blood its enough for some to think its a motive enough to cause friction, however, this same blood holds my right to be regarded as a Noble…though my line may end with me." Victor yawned as he caressed Yuri's hand.
"Um…are you wanting to?"
"I don't like the present human condition. I never have," Victor admitted. "I am a product of what has been expected of me, though I am far from a decent being..." he eluded to their history.
"I see…well now I feel like a dick…"
The two chuckled tiredly.
"Well -yawn- I was hardly prince charming…"
The light of the full moon poured in the otherwise dark room as a crisp breeze blew through the window opened after the storm. The two rested on their sides on their own pillows with their hands in the middle.
Though Yuri had surprised with himself in the gains spurred by the night, he was content, just like this.
Though Victor wished for more ten minutes ago, he then decided to save it for a time when they weren't staring down a gun barrel earlier that evening. For when they could trust even better.
"So... what was that all about?" Yuri wondered, half asleep.
"You mean you didn't like running for your life?" Victor teased half-heartedly.
Katsuki lifted his head slightly and sighed. "Don't ruin the moment please?"
Victor brushed his butler's hair affectionately. "Shh~ I get it, I'm sorry. Yes, that Colbran and his crew work directly with the Her Declotes. I am still concerned they will not get what they deserve. Jean-Jacques' crew were completely out of line and our ruler will not tolerate hostility among us. If we cannot lead as an example, why would those under us care to follow?"
"We are still strong..."
"Heh, you know what I mean."
Yuri thought for awhile in silence. "Yeah...I do." Yuri yawned as tears of sleepiness fell down his cheeks. "Why insist I carry these secrets, anyway?"
Victor brushed his butler's hair with his nails. "Butler's Privilege, or is that not a thing now?"
Yuri poked Victor shoulder weakly as his voice trailed off with another yawn.
Victor lightly laughed through his nose and shook his head. "Sleep...we can talk later."
"Yeah...not a bad...idea…." Yuri could barely keep conscious as his head felt heavy.
There was silence. No sound other than their soft breathing could be heard along with the gently moving air from the outside.
'The smell of him…his smile…' Yuri's mind buzzed.
"Do stay...close, will you, Yuri?" Victor whispered.
Yuri could only bring himself to smile and relax in his Master's arms.
"You're beautiful…" Victor whispered again.
"Heh, you're tired and therefore delusional…" Yuri mumbled.
Victor gave a breathy chuckle. "Careful. You may fall for me."
To that Yuri had no answer. He had already fallen asleep, missing Victor's words.
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